A week was all that remained until Regionals, only one week to come up with their set list. Normally this would have been far easier but since Rachel had managed to convince everyone in the New Directions to go with her idea of Original songs. They were all faced with an even bigger challenge, one where Blaine wasn't sure he could tackle. He had the music part of his song almost fully figured out, it was the lyrics that were the problem. Blaine had been through more than enough difficulty and pain in his life to inspire him for his song, but it just wasn't coming together the way he wanted it to. Blaine looked forward and saw Kurt make his way over to him and he smiled, just the distraction he needed.

“Hi there handsome, am I glad to see you.” Blaine said as Kurt walked up to him.

“Something bothering you?” Kurt asked him, this time he wasn't being playful in his response, he was actually concerned.

“Well kinda, nothing serious so don't worry. I'm just having trouble with my song for Regionals.” Blaine muttered.

Kurt blinked in surprise, “Really?”

“Why is that so surprising?”

“Because I'm surprise to see there is a limit to your musical talents.”

“Funny.” Blaine said with a sigh.

“Sorry, all teasing aside don't worry about it, Blaine. I'm sure you're still leaps ahead of anyone else in Glee. I mean you heard about Rachel's song, 'My Headband'...well Finn informed me her second hit is called 'Only Child.” Kurt explained.

“I know, it's just the lyrics keep tripping me up... Whenever I try to make them sound good, they just end up all cheesy.” Blaine whined, he glanced over at Kurt who suddenly had a very large smile on his face. “Why are you smiling like that?” he asked him.

Kurt stared at Blaine for a moment and shook his head lightly, “Oh nothing, just that I have complete faith in you Blaine.” he assured him. Which was a lie, well, not the part about having faith in Blaine. The lie had been the reason for his smile, which was because the irony of Blaine's having trouble with the lyrics didn't escape him. It was amusing because Kurt had been working on a surprise for Blaine. What had started with him just wanting to give Blaine a few ideas for what the song could be about. Had quickly turned into Kurt coming up with the lyrics for an entire song, all that it needed now was the melody. As much as Kurt wanted to put Blaine's mind to and ease right there and then, Kurt wanted to surprise him later. After he had a chance to give it one final look over.

“Can I see the sheet music for your song so far?” he asked innocently, Kurt had a feeling by some miracle it would match his lyrics.

Blaine nodded and pulled a piece of paper out of his notebook and handed it to Kurt, “Sure, I could use a second opinion.” Blaine told him.

Kurt took it and scanned music sheet over, it would need a bit of reworking to get it to flow with his lyrics, but it was scary how well their work fit together. “It's perfect, Blaine.” he said with a smile. 'In more ways than one.' he thought to himself with a smile.

“Yeah, a perfect disaster.” Blaine said.

Kurt rolled his eyes, “Okay you are far too mopey to get anywhere now... what you need is a good pick me up to get those creative juices flowing again.” Kurt told him.

“How does one do that?”

Kurt, who had already brought out his phone, started to type what could have only been a long text to someone. “I'm way ahead of you...” he muttered, his eyes never leaving the phone.
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Kurt's secret turned out to be an impromptu visit to Dalton to see the Warblers, for what Kurt had called an inspirational 'jam session'. Blaine hadn't protested in the least at the idea, in fact he was really excited to get the chance to sing with his friends again and it was all thanks to his amazing boyfriend.

“Thanks for doing this guys, I've missed it.” Blaine said as he looked around the Warbler's choir room.

“Well thank Kurt then, it was his idea after all.” Wes told him with a smile.

“Oh, I will later.” Blaine said with a wink.

Kurt groaned at that, “Instead of embarrassing me, how about you guys get to some singing?” Kurt suggested.

“What a perfect idea Kurt, and I know just the song to go with. Just don't think it has any context okay, this is purely for fun.” Blaine added.

Before Kurt could ask Blaine what he was up to he suddenly darted out of the room and Kurt stared as the doors closed shut. “What are you...” he began to mutter.

But Kurt didn't had time to finish because Blaine burst back into the room a moment later and sang out, “Oh yeah!” as he threw a large collection of papers into the air.

Kurt laughed as Blaine began to sing Misery by Maroon Five and he watched as the Warblers quickly joined him on the back-up vocals, in their usual a capella style. Kurt grabbed one of the papers which had fallen in front of him from his sitting spot, which was at one of the tables by the door. He realized it was one of Blaine's many failed attempts at trying to write lyrics for his original song and Kurt grinned. He quickly began to join in with the Warblers and watched Blaine as he continued to sing, the expressions on his face were priceless. As Blaine made his way through the room he came over to where Kurt was and half pulled him out of his chair, causing Kurt to laugh as he stood fully up and let Blaine drape his arm over his shoulder as they skipped out of the room. When they reached the hallway Blaine pushed at Kurt lightly and Kurt gave him a playful smile as he sat down at the bench against the wall.

Blaine couldn't ever keep himself away from Kurt for very long, so it was no surprise to anyone when he came to sit beside his boyfriend. Blaine rested his head on Kurt's shoulder for a moment as he sang another verse, but he finally pulled himself away from Kurt's company and began to dance with the Warblers. Kurt didn't hesitate to stand up and join them as he moved his arms around to the beat.

The whole performance ended up being fun and casual and be exactly what Blaine needed at that moment. With all the drama that had been going on with the New Directions, it felt liberating to just let things go and have a good time. When they finished the song Blaine couldn't stop smiling. “That was awesome guys!” He yelled out and the room erupted with cheering.

Kurt began to clap and watched as Blaine began to talk with his friends, it was good to see him finally be able to relax. Until he noticed Blaine turned to his direction and a look of a surprise and worry filled his face. Kurt was going to ask what was wrong when he heard footsteps from behind him.

“What the hell is going on here?” An angry voice called out.

Kurt knew that voice, he whirled around to see his step-brother, Finn Hudson standing behind him and he wasn't a happy camper.

“Finn, what are you doing here?” Kurt asked him.

“I was looking for you guys to see how Blaine's song writing was going, so I was kind of surprised when Mercedes told me where you two were. In fact I didn't believe it, until now. You sure like to talk about loyalty and other big words, turns out you're just a traitor, Blaine Warbler.” Finn accused.

Kurt had never been more angry at Finn than at that moment, he was being insane. “I don't even know how to respond, Finn! It was my idea to come here! I am fed up with how you've been treating Blaine lately. Grow up why don't you?”

“Why doesn't Blaine grow up so he doesn't need you to protect him! Stay out of this, Kurt.” Finn shouted back.

“Like hell I will.” Kurt replied as he came to stand right in Finn's face. “Try to make me.” he dared.

Blaine chose that moment to rush up between them and push them apart, Blaine gripped Kurt's shoulder's tightly to keep him in place. “No Kurt, don't.” he pleaded.

“Yeah Kurt, this is between me and your boyfriend here.” Finn taunted.

“What is your freaking problem, Finn?” Kurt yelled.

“I already said my problem is standing right there and it's between us.” Finn said as he jabbed a finger at Blaine in anger.

Blaine felt any hold he had on his anger begin to slip away, “Okay I get it, stop yelling at Kurt! If you have a problem with me then leave everyone else out of it. I'd be more than happy to 'talk' about it.” Blaine told Finn and he glared at him.

“Blaine...” Kurt whispered at him, he didn't like the idea.

“It's okay, this needs to be done. I promise it won't resort to violence. Can you look after the guys for me?” Blaine whispered in Kurt's ears.

Kurt hesitated but he looked at the anger on Finn's face and he sighed, “Yeah, I got it.” he muttered. Kurt walked over to the Warblers were grouped together in an awkward silence. “Why don't we leave these two alone and head back to the choir room.” he suggested as they began to walk forward.

“Thanks guys, this won't take long.” Blaine told them. Once they were finally alone in the hallway, Blaine turned his attention back to Finn and the problem at hand. “So are you gonna tell me what this is all about? Because I really have no idea.” Blaine told him in frustration.

“Don't you? You know I never believed it when people used to joke about how you'd rather be back at Dalton. But I see they were right, even when you've become the new favorite in Glee Club, you'd rather be here leaking our set list. Not cool man.” Finn explained.

“What?” Blaine said in surprise.

“Aren't these song attempts for Regionals that you threw around?” Finn asked as he held a piece of paper out for Blaine to see.

“Failed attempts, Finn, so they're worthless.” Blaine muttered as he rolled his eyes. “And the Warblers lost at Sectionals! Remember!”

“Save your breath with the excuses!”

Blaine didn't know if he should laugh or shout after hearing Finn's accusations. “God, Kurt's right, you are being insane! You know what? I didn't believe Kurt when he told me you had a problem with me. I mean, I thought we were friends.”

“Yeah I thought we were too, but that's not the problem! The problem is you've been trying to steal the top position in Glee club from me since day one.”

“What?” Blaine muttered in disbelief again.

“Don't try to deny it, ever since Rachel and I broke up you and Kurt have suddenly become the new power couple.”

“Uh, you didn't break up, Finn. You dumped Rachel for cheating on you, and then you turned around and did the same thing with Quinn!” Blaine shouted.

“See what I mean! You can't wait to shoot me down and make me look like a loser. All so you can be the New Directions new leader!”

“You're being an idiot, Finn! I've never wanted to steal the spotlight from you! I've just wanted to fit in!” Blaine yelled back at him.

“Right sure, sorry not buying it! If you're not gonna tell the truth here then we're done. Go back to singing with your fan club, it's where you'd rather be.” Finn told him.

“Finn!” Blaine called, but it was too late. Finn had already begun to sprint down the hallway and Blaine was in no mood to chase after him. He was far too angry to even try to join the others in the choir room, instead he just leaned against the wall and continued to breathe hard. He was so wrapped up in his anger he didn't notice Kurt had come to join him in the hallway.

“Well, that was interesting...” Kurt began.

“You heard?” Blaine groaned.

“It was kind of hard not to your voices sort of project.” Kurt began, “Here, I think you need this.” Kurt said as he held out his arm in front of Blaine.

Blaine was surprised to see Kurt was holding a gym bag in front of him, “What's this?” he asked in confusion.

“Nick's gym bag, but don't worry he assured me it hasn't even been worn since he washed it last. I know you've got too much built up anger, too much that even I couldn't help you defuse it. I've heard all about how boxing helps you deal with things that piss you off. So the guys told me you're welcome to use the punching bag here to vent it out for a while.” Kurt explained to him.

Blaine took the bag and forced himself to smile at Kurt. “What about you?” he asked.

“A couple of your friends have already offered to take me out for coffee and I naturally agreed. They're my friends now too after all, I'll catch a ride with them. So just drive home when you’re ready, call me though okay?” Kurt said.

Blaine leaned forward and gave Kurt a quick kiss on the lips. “I don't deserve you, you know that?” he said softly.

“Thanks, but you have to deal with my stupid step-brother, so that's not true. Do you want me to try to talk to him about it when I'm home later on?” He offered.

“God no, it would only make things worse. I'll deal with Finn myself later, whether he's ready to listen or not.”
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The next day Kurt and Blaine were in the auditorium during glee club, full of determination to make Blaine's solo be so good that everyone wouldn't even argue if they should use it for Regionals. Since Quinn and Rachel had already teamed up to work on a song, Kurt had informed Mr. Schuester they wanted to do the same. Only so far Blaine had no idea they were farther along than he thought, but he would find out soon enough.

“I'm not sure what I'm more surprised about, the fact that Mr. Schue let us skip out on the group song writing session so we could work on my solo. Or the fact that Rachel and Quinn aren't already here.” Blaine commented as he took a seat at the piano.

“Yeah, I'm not too sure it's a partnership that will work out well. But their loss is our gain.” Kurt said as he came to sit down beside Blaine on the bench.

“Except my song still doesn't have any lyrics. I tried but after what happened with Finn... the only words that came to mind were ‘Finn Hudson is a jerk.’”

“I know a bunch of people who'd love to hear that song.” Kurt teased. “Including me.”

Blaine let out a half-hearted laugh at Kurt's joke, he appreciated it but Blaine still wasn't feeling all that great. Time was running out if he wanted to have any chance at getting a solo for Regionals, he needed to come up with something good and fast. Blaine had been so wrapped up in his thoughts he hadn't noticed Kurt had brought out a piece of paper until he held it right in front of his face. “What's this?” Blaine asked as he took the paper from Kurt's hand.

“It's something I've been working on... now you don't have to use it completely, Blaine. I want this song to be yours. Just when I started to work on some ideas to start you off it just kind of went from there and before I knew it... I had a whole song.” Kurt explained.

Blaine only nodded in reply, his eyes never left the paper as his eyes darted along side to side as he read. “Kurt... this is... this is amazing! Did you write this after I showed you the music I had come up with?” Blaine muttered.

“Surprisingly no, I wrote it before. Crazy huh?”

“Yeah... I mean it will need a bit of tweaking to make it fit properly... but Kurt this is exactly what I had in mind! It just fits so perfectly...” Blaine told him.

“So you're going to use the lyrics for your song?” Kurt asked him.

“No, I'm gonna use these lyrics for what's our song now, Kurt.” Blaine answered. He had been getting teary-eyed before but now he was just crying, only these were the good kind of tears.

“Blaine... are you crying?”

Blaine wiped the tears from his eyes with his sleeve and laughed as he pulled Kurt into a tight embrace. “Yes, but they're happy tears, Kurt... thank you so much. You don't know what this means to me... that you'd do this for me. It's perfect. You're perfect, Kurt.”

“Oh Blaine don't you start, or you'll get me crying too! I'm just happy I was able to help you.”

Blaine pulled back to he could look Kurt in the eye and show him just how he felt about him and everything he had done for him. It seemed to be working since Kurt leaned forward and gave him a quick kiss. “Glad we didn't end up falling on our asses this time.” he said with a laugh.

Kurt laughed back and pushed at him playfully and Blaine pretended to start to fall until Kurt grabbed onto his arm and pulled him back. Kurt grabbed hold of Blaine's tie and pulled his face forward so he could kiss him again, only this time it was far from chaste. When they had to stop to come up for air they moved apart to a safer distance. “We should... we should practice.” Blaine began.

“I thought we were.” Kurt replied with a grin.

Their mutual answer to the question was to come back at each other, full of passion and no desire to hide it.
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The following day in glee club Blaine was feeling very confident that he was going to get a solo for Regionals. He had tried to tell himself it didn't matter, it was all about being part of the team in the end. But he couldn't ignore how excited he was at the idea. But that also was in part because he and Kurt had worked together and the result was an incredible song. Somehow he and Kurt had miraculously gotten enough actual practice so now he was set and ready to stun the others. But Mercedes ended up beating him to punch when she announced she had a song to show off as well. As he sat beside Kurt in the choir room, Blaine noticed right away while it was a good song, it wasn't Regionals material. Luckily he was positive his and Kurt's was.

When Mercedes finished Kurt took the chance to interrupt Mr. Schuester before he could continue on. “Mr. Schue, if I may? Blaine and I also have a song to present to the committee.” Kurt told him with a small smile.

“Oh you guys finished your song? That's great, sure come on up and show us what you got.” Will answered.

Kurt, who had already made his way down to stand in front of everyone, looked at Blaine who nodded with a grin and he came down to join him. “It took some work, but I think we really have a winner here. Which you will all find out soon enough.” Kurt told them.

“The songs called 'Finally Free.' and it's...” Blaine paused, he couldn't help but notice how Finn was glaring at him. He ignored him for now, there was no way Blaine was letting Finn ruin his chance of getting a solo. If he had a problem with the idea, then Blaine would face all of that later. “Why don't we just get things going and you'll find see yourselves.” he added.

“Look no offence Kurt, but you already got a solo at Sectionals. Wouldn't it be fair to let some of us who haven't get a chance finally?” Mercedes pointed out.

Kurt flashed her a wicked grin, “Mercedes, I couldn't agree with you more.” he answered. He turned quickly to Blaine and give him a wink before he returned to his chair and took a seat. Causing everyone in the room to look at him in confusion, which Kurt chose to ignore. “Show them how it's done cutie.”

Blaine grinned back at Kurt playfully and he looked over at where the band members were and gave them the sign to start. The music began, which started out slowly and Blaine opened his mouth to sing the first verse. But as he continued the music shifted as the beat got stronger until it erupted into an epic power house number. All the while Blaine was singing it with all of his might, like he was already on the stage at Regionals.

Kurt couldn't help but look around the room at his fellow glee-clubbers as this was going on. Everyone's faces started out with total shock and awe. It was clear that no one was denying how talented Blaine was and how amazing the song was in turn. Eventually as Blaine continued to rock it out people began to close their gaping mouths and move along to the beat. 'We have them right where we want them.' Kurt thought to himself. Kurt glanced over at Finn but for once his step-brother was totally impossible to read, so he couldn't tell what he thought about it. Kurt had a feeling they'd find out soon enough, one way or the other.

As Blaine sang out the final note of the song he closed his eyes for a moment so he could catch his breath. The silence only lasted a second until the New Directions began to cheer and shout in excitement over his performance.

“That was awesome, Blaine! Wow! You really nailed it! This is exactly the type of song we need for Regionals, It fits the anthem theme perfectly! See guys, this, this is what we've been trying to do. Take all the hardship you've had to face and use that to come out a winner. I think it goes without saying that we should definitely use this song and that you should sing it Blaine. But to be fair we'll take a vote okay?” Will said as he looked around the room for any protests.

Blaine eyed Finn, who seemed to be struggling with something but when he didn't say anything Blaine let out a quick sigh of relief.

“Okay all those in favour.” Will commented.

Kurt immediately rose his hand up and he was delighted to see he hadn't been the only one to do so. Everyone in the choir room raised their hand, even Finn and Kurt jumped up from his seat and began to clap happily.

“Alright it's unanimous then, congratulations Blaine, you have your solo. Thanks for all your hard work.” Mr. Schuester told Blaine as he patted his shoulder lightly.

“Even I gotta admit we'd be stupid not to use it.” Santana commented.

“Thanks everyone and I won't let us down. How can I when Kurt ended up writing the perfect lyrics for our song?” Blaine told his boyfriend with a wink.

“Looks like we have our first official song for Regionals. So this should motivate us even more to come up with our own group number now guys. So let's put our thinking caps on okay?” Will asked them all.

Blaine walked back over to return to his seat beside Kurt as everyone in the room began to list their favorite songs of all time. It was hard to focus and get ideas for their group number since he was still on cloud nine about getting a solo. But he came down really quick when Blaine noticed that Finn was still glaring away. Trust Finn to ruin another moment for him, Blaine knew it was time for them to talk about it, even if Finn wasn't ready to listen yet. It had to be settled before Regionals, because he didn't want anything to risk their chances at winning. Teamwork was everything when it came to show choir competitions after all.

When glee club was over Kurt could see that Blaine had a lot on his mind and judging by the frown on his boyfriends face, the cause was Finn Hudson. Kurt quickly followed Blaine out of the room and down the hallway as they headed to his locker. “Well that went very well, mission completed.” Kurt told him.

Blaine smiled at him weakly, he was being silly. A moment ago he had been super happy and excited over getting a solo, now he was just pissed off. “Thanks Kurt...” he said.

“What's your plan now?” Kurt asked him.

“About what?”

“Blaine, you know what I'm referring too, or rather who... are you going to go deal with Finn now?”

Blaine sighed, “Yeah, eventually. But I need to go punch out of this anger out of me or I'll end up trying to knock Finn out instead. So I'm gonna go do some boxing in the gym first.” Blaine explained.

“Sounds like a wise choice, just text me when you're done okay.”

“Sure.” Blaine answered as he closed the door to his locker. He gave Kurt's shoulder a quick squeeze before he headed off to the school gym.

“Good luck!” Kurt called out to Blaine, when he was out of sight Kurt made his way over to his own locker and was surprised to find Finn there waiting for him. Kurt didn't say anything until he opened the door to his locker.

“What do you want, Finn?” Kurt asked as he began to put his books away, not bothering to even look at him.

“I was looking for Blaine actually, do you know where he is?” Finn asked.

Kurt stopped and turned to look at Finn, raising an eyebrow at him. “Why?”

“Cause I want to talk to him...” Finn answered.

Kurt stared at him and judging by the shiver Finn made, he didn't look happy. “About what?”

“Come on Kurt, I know you know where he went! Just tell me okay...”

“I don't know if I should, I mean you were a real jerk to him the other day, Finn. Funny how when I tried to bring this up before you threw me out of your room and said there wasn't a problem. But then it suddenly went from that to you coming to Dalton and yelling at him in front of his friends. Blaine didn't deserve that, even if what you accused him of was true... which none of it is fyi. Just be grateful that Blaine made me promise not to butt in, or else you'd be in for an earful. But Blaine's right, this is about you and him. So if you can show me that I'm right in thinking that deep down you're a good enough guy to realize you were wrong and you plan to tell Blaine you're sorry. Then I'll tell you where he is.” Kurt told Finn.

“I want to tell him I'm sorry Kurt and that's the truth.” Finn told him.

With that news Kurt's dark mood lightened and he patted Finn on the shoulder lightly. “Good, I'll be glad when this is all over and dealt with. I knew you had in you Finn, you're a good person... just sometimes, like we all do, you jump to conclusions and get all angry about it. Heck I'm not innocent there either... I don't think anyone really is.”

“Well I can't be the better man and do the right thing if you don't tell me where he is, Kurt.” Finn pointed out.

Kurt realized he had started to babble and he smiled at Finn, who began to laugh lightly and Kurt joined him. “Sorry, Blaine's off at the gym. He decided it was a good idea to punch his anger out before finding you. I'll see you later tonight okay?” Kurt told him, he watched as Finn quickly nodded and began to jog off towards the gym. As much as he wanted to know how the apology would end up going. Kurt knew it was between the two of them, so Kurt decided to use this time to head off to the library and do some studying. After all, he'd hear all about what happened from Blaine anyway.

Finn found Blaine in the school gym, dressed in a tank top and sweats as he was hitting the punching bag hanging from the wall over and over again. He was relieved to see while Blaine was obviously angry, it wasn't as bad as Finn thought it would be. Which meant he would be willing to listen to what Finn had to say. “Thanks for hitting that instead of my face.” Finn told Blaine as he stepped into the room.

Blaine looked up from the punching bad and just stared at Finn, he wasn't ready to smile at him just yet. “Not that you don't deserve it.” he muttered in reply as he hit the bag again. “After getting bullied so much in school I took up boxing to deal with all of it. Needless to say I find it helps in many ways...” Blaine told him as he continued to punch his last bit of anger out of his system. “I should warn you though, if you're waiting for me to be truthful. Don't hold your breath, because I actually haven't been lying, not that you'd believe me.”

“I'm sorry, okay? I was a total jerk yesterday and I feel bad about that.” Finn muttered.

Blaine could tell while Finn was having a hard time voicing what he was trying to say, he actually meant that he was sorry. “Just.. just what's you're problem with me, Finn? Did I do something to bring you to just come at me like that at Dalton?” Blaine asked him. “I've tried to think of anything but I'm getting nowhere...”

“No you didn't, at least not on purpose. To be honest dude, I was kind of jealous...” Finn admitted.

Blaine let out an awkward laugh, “For how long?”

“Ever since you sang your audition for Glee... I felt threatened by you, your talent kind of freaked me out, made me question whether or not I was good enough. I mean I've come to think of you as a friend... so I felt really guilty about thinking that. I kept trying to tell myself it was no big deal. But every time I had to sit and watch you perform I just got more freaked out and more guilty. I didn't know how to deal with it so I guess I started to think you were out to replace me as a leader...” Finn admitted.

“I've never wanted to steal that Finn...” Blaine told him with a sigh.

“I know that now... it's just with how you got everyone to cheer up at Christmas and with me and Rachel no longer being the power couple. I just thought how you were becoming our new leader and you were doing a better job of it. So when I heard that you had gone to Dalton I guess I was looking for an excuse to get mad at you and prove you weren't better than me... but instead of actually talking to you about it. I just got angry and I was a total jackass to you... and I'm sorry.”

Blaine was finally no longer feeling angry and because Finn had been mature enough to realize he was wrong and face him about it. Blaine knew he could be mature enough to forget it all and put it behind them. “Thanks for apologizing Finn, it means a lot to me. So let's just put this all behind us and focus on winning Regionals alright.” he told Finn. “That is... if you're okay with me getting a solo for it.” he added with a small smirk.

Finn laughed lightly, “Mr. Schue’s right, that song was awesome dude. That's why I voted that we use it. Next to Rachel you're the most talented, well rounded member of this team and with you on our side, singing that song... we're gonna win. So from now on, you are I are gonna work together along with everyone else to make it happen.” Finn said to Blaine, when he was finished he held out his fist to him.

Blaine couldn't help but grin as he quickly unwrapped his hand from his boxing glove and hit his fist against Finn's. “I agree, but are you saying I'm a male Rachel Berry? Because thanks but I'm no diva.” Blaine pointed out with a laugh.
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Blaine had just finished showering and getting changed back into his normal clothing when he heard his phone get a text message. When he brought it up he wasn't surprised to see it was from Kurt.

So how'd the face off go?

Blaine grinned as he began to quickly type out his answer.

Fine, everything’s resolved now. So no more drama. Where are you?

I was in the library

You waited for me? God I love you, Kurt.

Don't deny you wouldn't have done the same thing, Blaine.

Guilty, meet me in the parking lot?

Of course, we still have to celebrate that you got your solo

I bet 'I've got a solo' sex is really hot...

How come you can type something as silly as that and I still want to get in your pants?

If you stop texting and get your butt to your car I'll show you.

Ordering me won't get me there any faster Blaine.

So stop being witty and I won't have to. ;D Or do I have to make this a bootie call?

Blaine waited for Kurt's reply but when there was none he sighed and hurried over to the parking lot. Only to find Kurt was already inside his car and he waved at him playfully. Blaine laughed and hurried over to open the passenger side door, but it ended up being locked. “Let me in Kurt!” Blaine shouted through the glass.

Kurt looked at him innocently and mouthed the word, 'what.' as if he couldn't hear him. Blaine shook his head and decided to use his best weapon, his puppy dog eyes. “Come on Kurt... please...” he begged.

Kurt stared at him as he tried to fight it, he finally let out a long breath. But just as his finger was about to touch the unlock button he stopped and began to type something on his phone. Blaine looked down at the next text.

Is Mr. Bossy pants sorry?

So very sorry =(

Do you even know what you're sorry about?

Blaine glanced at Kurt and was happy to see that Kurt wasn't actually mad at him, he was just being playful.

Everything?

That seemed to be the right answer because Kurt finally unlocked the car and Blaine slipped inside. “You are too cute, do you know that?” Blaine told him.

Kurt grinned and quickly made a quick scan of the parking lot, when no one was in view he leaned over to give Blaine a long kiss. “Yes, but you can show me later tonight anyway.” he answered.
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Unlike their last show choir competition, the New Directions were ready for Regionals. They were a united force with one vision, to come out victorious. Even the fact that Sue Sylvester had ended up being the coach for Aural Intensity didn't phase them. They had managed to come up with three amazing original songs and they were confident it was the right decision to use them. So their bus ride ended up being very different, with everyone chattering away. The only silent one was Rachel, who seemed to still be upset over the fact that Quinn and Finn were dating again.

Kurt leaned over in his seat and poked Rachel, who was sitting in the seat in front of him. “Hey, Rachel you need to get yourself in the game here. You wrote a sensational solo for Regionals, try to smile okay!” he whispered to her.

Rachel smiled at him, but weakly. “Thanks Kurt, I know I'm being silly here. Don't worry, it won't affect my performance.” she whispered back.

“It shshould be helpful if anything, considering the song.” Blaine added as he joined Kurt.

“Very true.” Rachel agreed.

Once Rachel was somewhat recovered Kurt sat back down and grinned at Blaine as he did the same.

“So I have a bit of a surprise for you.” he told him.

“What is it?” Blaine asked with excitement.

“It wouldn't be a surprise if I told you, don't worry you'll find out soon enough.” Kurt pointed out.

It didn't take long for Blaine to discover what Kurt's surprise was. Because as soon as they all stepped into the building, Blaine had been ambushed by Trent, Jess, Thad, Wes, David and Nick, who came to form a circle around him as they all began to talk at him all at once. Blaine began to laugh and tried to answers their questions. Until he noticed their joyful display was being watched by everyone in the New Directions. “Look my friends from Dalton came to cheer us on.” he told them.

“We can see that Blaine.” Mercedes pointed out with a laugh.

“Just don't end up taking too long with your visit okay, Blaine?” Will reminded him.

Blaine nodded and soon everyone had left except Kurt, so he turned his attention back to his friends. “Thanks for coming guys.” he told them. “And thanks for inviting them, Kurt.”

“Actually it was Finn's idea, he felt really embarrassed after he blew up in front of them. So I warn you guys he'll probably try to do some awkward apology later.”

“Well nothing can be any more awkward than yesterday.” Jeff commented.

Sadly their conversation ended up having to come to a halt when Rachel ran over to remind them their time was up. So Blaine said his goodbyes to his friends and he joined Kurt and Rachel to head off to get ready. This time there was no reason for him and Kurt to get dressed in the same change room, since they weren't running late. But when Blaine stepped out in his outfit for Regionals he couldn't help but end up leaving his tie undone. Kurt stepped out a moment later and Blaine held out his tie in front of him. “A little help?” he asked.

Kurt shook his head and took the tie and wrapped it around Blaine's neck and began to tie it. “You know considering you wore a school uniform with a tie I'm not buying that you couldn't do this part on your own.”

“Yet you didn't hesitate to come to my rescue.” Blaine said.

They managed to make it to their seats before Aural Intensity had started and Blaine quickly found where his friends were sitting and gave them a big wave before he took his seat next to Kurt. Sue seemed to be up to her old tricks when she had somehow found out who the judges were and had picked songs that would be in her favour. But Blaine still wasn't worried all that much, it wasn't because he was that sure of himself. It was because he was that sure about all of them, that together they were a force to be reckoned with. Of course Blaine wasn't so ignorant to realize there was always the chance they wouldn't get first place. But as depressing as it would be if that was the case, at least everyone could agree they had given it their all.

As the second team came out onto the stage Kurt let his mind begin to wander, to how different things had been last year at Regionals. Even when he and Blaine had already met and had started dating by then, they had still been in rival show choirs. Last year Blaine had been sitting alone in the audience and now he was one of them. Kurt continued to realize that most of the time he had begun to think about things like this it has been during some kind of performance. It was almost becoming a clich� for him and Blaine, but considering how much music meant to the both of them. Heck it had been the reason they had met really, Kurt was fine with the discovery. Kurt turned to look at Blaine and saw that he and Finn were whispering to each other. That was another thing to be grateful for, so things were looking good for once.

After the second group finish they all hurried off to get ready for their turn. The last time Kurt had been standing behind the curtain he had been full of nerves about his solo. Now when it was Blaine's turn, there wasn't much hope in him returning the favour of calming his boyfriend. Because all it took was one glance at Blaine to see he wasn't the least bit tense. Kurt walked over to Blaine and draped his arms over him from behind, bringing his head to rest on the side of Blaine's shoulder. Blaine didn't say anything, he just took hold of Kurt's arms and they began sway from side to side, in blissful content.

“Why am I not surprised that you're fine?” Kurt asked him.

“I'm no stranger to performing in front of big crowds, I mean, besides show choir competitions I've even performed at theme parks... so yah there's that. But the main secret is I get to sing an amazing song.” Blaine commented.

“True, but I dunno if I should be mad that I can't comfort you, or if I feel that more pathetic that I got so nervous at Sectionals.”

“I also don't have to sing the last number, which is a load off.” Blaine pointed out.

Kurt let out a small laugh and kissed the back of Blaine's neck softly, “Also you're not gonna be on the stage alone like Rachel is for the opening number...” Kurt began to explain. At mentioning Rachel Kurt glanced over at her direction and he noticed she was talking to Finn. “Looks like she has her own things to deal with before going on.” Kurt whispered to Blaine as he gestured to her.

Blaine looked over at the pair and nodded, “I don't think things are over between those two.”

“They never are.” Kurt added with a sigh.

“Oh well, we're still together and that's something.” Blaine said.

“Let's use that fact to give it our best out there huh?”

“I'm way ahead of you Kurt, it's been my plan all along.” Blaine told him. For once he wasn't going to even bother with saying any dirty jokes about them celebrating afterwards. There would be time for that later.

They remained in each others arms from their view point and the side of the stage, as they watched Rachel get into position. The curtains opened and Rachel stepped up to the mic and began to sing her own Original song. Even Kurt had to admit she had come up with something special, to the point where he wasn't willing to admit that it might be better than their song, because it was more like a tie. Either way no one could deny how much talent Rachel Berry had and Kurt was just glad she was on their side.

“It was definitely a good call to go with original songs.” Blaine said with a smile.

“Let's hope the judges feel the same way.” Kurt whispered in his ear.

When the song was over Kurt had to let go of Blaine and join the others, Blaine turned began to walk off, only to rush back and give him a quick kiss on the cheek. “Love you.” he whispered before he hurried off to go onto the stage.

Kurt smiled as he came to stand beside Finn as Rachel came over to join them, he watched Blaine almost strut up to the mic and watched as he shifted into full performer mode, like there was some sort of switch. This time Kurt wasn't able to just sit and watch Blaine sing, because when the songs beat suddenly picked up the pace he danced out onto the stage with everyone else as they began to sing backup. The crowd erupted with and applause as a number of the people in the audience stood up to cheer.

Their first performance was over in what seemed like a second as Blaine's song ended and their group number, Loser Like Me followed. It felt very therapeutic to be up there singing about what everyone in the New Directions had felt at some point over the school year. Towards the end of the song Mike brought out a prop slushie cart as he danced down the stage. Everyone quickly grabbed their cup and at the end of the song threw their confetti slushies out off the stage and into the audience.

As soon as the song was finished Blaine threw his arms around Kurt and they laughed happily together. “Best Regionals ever!” he shouted with a laugh.

Once again the New Directions found themselves huddled together on the stage as they nervously awaited the results. Unlike before there was far less pressure on their fate since unlike last year their existence as a glee club wasn't in threat. But that didn't mean they all didn't want to lose any less despite that fact.

Kurt grabbed for Blaine's hand and took hold of Rachel's with the other as they waited for the announcer to introduce everyone. After an awkward moment of her giving too much information she redeemed herself but cutting to the case and just announcing who got first place.

“The New Directions! You're going to Nationals this year.” She called out.

But the New Directions barely heard anything after their name being called as they all exploded into happy cheers. Finn leaned down to give Blaine a high five and Kurt came at Rachel and hugged her tightly as they voiced their disbelief at how lucky they were. Then Blaine practically tore them apart so he could give Kurt an even bigger hug and Kurt hugged back with high enthusiasm.

“We did it! We really did it!” Rachel cheered as she bounced up and down.

Kurt couldn't stop laughing as he watched Blaine reach to touch the trophy with some of the others as Will passed it their way. When Sue suddenly brought the house down by walking over to the announcer and giving her a hard sucker punch to the face, with sent her crashing to the ground, leaving everyone to state in shock with their mouths wide open.

“How is she not in prison?” Blaine muttered in disbelief.

“Let's all go celebrate our win! I'm treating us to some bread sticks!” Will yelled out and everyone cheered in response.
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After school the next day Blaine had discovered that Kurt had one last trick up his sleeve, which was one final surprise. Blaine glanced over to look at Kurt who was currently driving them to their mystery location and he couldn't help but smile. He looked amazing - not that he normally didn't - but Blaine could tell he had put some extra effort into his outfit. As Blaine studied him further he realized that Kurt was wearing the same pants he had worn to the mall performance and now that secret was out, all Blaine did in response was smirk at the discovery.

“So is there any point in asking you where we're going?” Blaine asked him.

“Oh it's no biggie, the secrets not the location really anyway. I think you'll figure our destination here pretty quick.” Kurt explained as he kept his eyes on the road.

Kurt's words turned out to be true when a short while later Blaine realized they were at the park where he and Blaine had gone stargazing over their summer vacation. It also happened to the place they had first said I love you to one another, which meant Kurt most likely had something special in mind.

Kurt immediately came over to Blaine's side once they stepped out of the car and took hold of his hand. Blaine let his boyfriend lead him along, even when he knew exactly where they were heading too. Once there Blaine looked around and was surprised to see nothing special awaited them. He looked back at Kurt and raised a curious eyebrow at him.

“I'm sorry it's probably a bit too chilly for this, but I thought since I didn't get a solo this time... I'd sing one now, as a gift to you. Because I know I say it all the time and this is getting clich� for us... I will never stop wanting to sing about how much I love you Blaine, so you better get used to it.” Kurt told him with a warm smile.

“Kurt...” Blaine said but he began to choke on his words by the emotions he was starting to feel. Instead he simply gathered Kurt up his arms and hugged him. “I love you... so much Kurt, you are the love of my life. You inspire and amaze me every day and that's never going to change.” he told him softly. He had started to cry but he just laughed it off as Kurt wiped the tears off his cheeks.

“I love you too, so much... more than I could ever describe... so I'm not even going to try. Instead I'll sing about it, since we both know that's far easier to do. Are you okay to let me serenade you out here or will you end up freezing your ass off? Because I want to be able to tape that later.”

Blaine burst out laughing, “Oh my god Kurt... and you say I'm the bad one with the dirty talk!”

“I can't let you have all the fun! But save all the playful banter for later. I wanna get to singing here.”

“Sorry, it's hard to stop, but I'll be good. Please mesmerise me with your voice like you always do.”

“I picked a song from my personal show-tunes Bible; I decided to go with an old favourite of mine. Which is 'Love Theme' from A Star is Born by the always inspiring Barbra Streisand.” Kurt explained as he let go of Blaine and went to stand in behind a tree, as if it was his stage. “Okay ready?” Kurt asked his audience as he got himself ready to sing.

“Ready.” Blaine said sweetly.

Kurt smiled and closed his eyes and began to sing, the song was totally acoustic with no background music at all. But it was barely noticeable as Kurt's voice filled the empty area around him and Blaine felt his heart skip a beat. No matter how many times he ended up watching Kurt sing, it was always different and new every time. Each time it felt like Kurt was filling up his heart a little more, making it impossible to think what his life would be without him. But he wouldn't let himself think about it, because no matter what the future held for him. All that mattered was they were together right now and their love only continued to strengthen every day.
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Kurt hadn't even objected when Will had nominated for Rachel to be first receiver of his new award. He had voted for her along with everyone else in the room, there was no denying that she was the brightest star among them. So it turned out to be a pleasant surprise when Rachel ended accepting her award and only said words of gratitude. Kurt didn't hesitate to join the others as they came up to give her a large group hug either. Afterwards Kurt gravitated over to where Blaine was saw he was his usual excited self as he bounced around everyone in excitement.

“Nationals here we come!” Blaine yelled out and everyone soon joined him.